Picking away....

We (meaning Scott mostly) have been picking away at the little things that need to be done. Duncan has finished all the wiring, he finished up on Saturday, there were a few things that needed tweaking. That included hooking up the hot water heater so we have had hot water the last few days - yay! Now the plumber needs to come back and hook up the dishwasher, tub, toilet and sink. But first the tile guy is going to tile the floor in the bathroom. That should hapapen this week, he is also going to do the backsplash in the kitchen and the tile around the tub too. The stained concrete guy should be coming soon to do the front entrance and the retaining well in front of the house. She has been held up by herniated discs in his back. We were going to have him do the bathroom floor as well, but the waiting for him is getting in the way of getting the bathroom done...so we went ahead and got tile and lined up a guy to do it.
Mike and Scott built the surround for the tub on Monday and on Tues. Scott painted the bathroom. On thursday Matthew from Home Depot returned to put in the tambour storage units, trim out the pantry and a few other little things that were left. He also replaced one of the cupboard doors that was damaged.
The blinds that we ordered also arrived on Thursday after a detour in Mississipi ;o)

Tub surround



Bathroom paint


Kitchen pantry



Blinds

On Tuesday the plumber was able to come and hook us up, so we have water flowing in the kitchen and the new hot water heater is all ready to go. Jason finished sanding the bathroom and got a coat of primer on it. Hopefully today we'll get it painted - I can't wait to see the color I picked out. So other than the bathroom and little picky things we are pretty much done...now we just need to plan a House Warming Party!!


Hooking the plumbing up!


I'm lovin' it!

Backsplash Tile

Here is the tile that we are using on the backsplash in the kitchen, can't wait!



And here is the vanity waiting for the bathroom!


This is the window that is replacing an old door that is/was in the stairway going from our space up to Scott's parents flat. A great improvement and not we have to fix up the stairwell to match that spiffy window!

the Lights are on...

On Tuesday the 9th our power was finally switched over to the new service. So we now have power in the reno part of the house!


The same day, Scott and I got to work on the mantle over the stove in the kitchen and it turned out great. We decided not to stain it as we had originally planned but painted it in the Decorator White that we did all the trim in. I just LOVE it.


I have been given permission by the man in charge to put some of the finished kitchen pics on here now. It is not totally done yet, we need the faucets, backsplash, trim around the pantries and the tambour storage in the corners.

Oh Mr. Power guy???!

Well, it's not looking like we're going to get our hook up this week, and with it being a long weekend, it will be a LONG weekend for us. We passed inspection on Wednesday for all our electrical but I guess, we didn't make the list for the linemen :o( Oh well. We were hoping to cook a turkey for Thanksgiving, dunno what we'll do now...Scott's mom and dads oven is not working either! Sami is pretty ticked - she lives for turkey dinners.
We did get the granite installed on thursday and it looks fantastic. If you need a good granite installer lemme know and I will give you his digits. You CANNOT see the seams, unless you know they're there.
Scott's going to try to pick away at the little but time consuming jobs over the weekend, I get to work backshift all weekend. Jason put a new window in the back of the house to replace a door that we wanted to take out, it looks good. But now we'll have to work on the old staircase that you can see when you look in!
The fun never ends.

The granite coming off the truck

One peek at the kitchen while they are putting it in place